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The passionate politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts may seem off topic for a university governing board more accustomed to setting tuition levels, approving the salaries of campus chancellors and managing a vast hospital system.

But emotions surrounding the Middle East situation are expected to be felt once again at next week's meeting of the UC Board of Regents.

The regents are scheduled to review a new statement of "principles against intolerance" that condemns bias, violence, threats and hate speech based on race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, sex or sexual orientation.

According to a proposed draft, "everyone in the university community...

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